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1. Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions

   By Lina Svedin

   Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

   This book examines how efforts to exert accountability in crises affect public trust in governing institutions. Using Sweden as the case study, this book provides a framework to analyse accountability in crises and looks at how this affects trust in government. Crises test the fabric of governing...

   Published April 1st 2012 by Routledge
2. Understanding the Politics of Pandemic Scares

   An Introduction to Global Politosomatics

   By Mika Aaltola

   Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

   Reactions to pandemics are unlike any other global emergency; with an emphasis on withdrawal and containment of the sight of the infected. Dealing with the historical and conceptual background of diseases in politics and international relations, this volume investigates the global political...

   Published June 30th 2011 by Routledge
3. Changing Images of Civil Society

   From Protest to Governance

   Edited by Bruno Jobert, Beate Kohler-Koch

   Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

   Civil society has become one of the key parts of the reference framework for governance, seeking to replace traditional public action in which representative democracy is combined with bureaucratic implementation. The success of the civil society myth contrasts with and consequently manifests...

   Published June 9th 2010 by Routledge
4. Governing Modern Societies

   Towards Participatory Governance

   By Hubert Heinelt

   Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

   Is the ‘golden age’ of democracy really over due to the pressures of globalisation and the erosion of the nation state? Within this book, Heinelt seeks to address the democratic deficit in political systems linked to limited Citizen Participation reflecting on the notion of democracy and...

   Published February 17th 2010 by Routledge
5. Reasserting the Public in Public Services

   New Public Management Reforms

   Edited by M. Ramesh, Eduardo Araral, Xun Wu

   Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

   After two decades of dominating the public sector reform agenda, privatization is on the wane as states gradually reassert themselves in many formerly privatized sectors. The change of direction is a response to the realization that privatization is not working as intended, especially in public...

   Published February 9th 2010 by Routledge
6. Legitimacy and Urban Governance

   A Cross-National Comparative Study

   Edited by Hubert Heinelt, David Sweeting, Panagiotis Getimis

   Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

   A fresh examination of the relationship between two key issues in the on-going debate on urban governance - leadership and community involvement. It explores the nature of the interaction between community involvement and political leadership in modern local governance by drawing on...

   Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge
7. Urban Governance and Democracy

   Leadership and Community Involvement

   Edited by Michael Haus, Hubert Heinelt, Murray Stewart

   Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

   The issue of local governance is high on the institutional agenda of many local and regional authorities throughout the OECD countries. This book explores the relationship between two key issues of urban governance - leadership and community involvement - and how making these two elements more...

   Published October 21st 2007 by Routledge
8. The Ideal of Public Service

   Reflections on the Higher Civil Service in Britain

   By Barry O'Toole

   Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

   A close examination of the ethics of higher civil servants in Britain and how they have been undermined by recent developments in public administration. Barry O'Toole tackles key questions such as: how should public servants behave? how should they be encouraged to think ethically?...

   Published June 14th 2006 by Routledge
9. The Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective

   A Quest for Control

   Edited by B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre

   Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

   This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comparative framework the authors address issues such as compensation, appointments made from outside the civil service system, anonymity, partisanship and...

   Published May 5th 2004 by Routledge
10. Local Governance in England and France

    By Alistair Cole, Peter John

    Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

    Local Governance in England and France addresses issues at the cutting edge of comparative politics and public policy. The book is based on extensive research and interviews, over 300 in total, with local decision makers in two pairs of cities in England and France: Lille and Leeds; Rennes and...

    Published June 27th 2001 by Routledge